tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post117090557606256821..comments2023-11-13T04:15:43.184-06:00Comments on Cantànima: Quick 'n Dirty Movie Reviewsjack perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-70411465137052786562007-02-22T08:55:00.000-06:002007-02-22T08:55:00.000-06:00Yet he is also a meglomaniac plotting to take over...<I>Yet he is also a meglomaniac plotting to take over the throne, and has a reputation of beating and even killing his mistresses.</I><BR/><BR/>I didn't overlook the megalomaniacal part, but I did forget about his reputation for beating and even killing his mistresses. I shouldn't have overlooked that. The fact that it comes from the inspector lends it some credence, since the inspector admits tojack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-80426384999074409822007-02-21T19:56:00.000-06:002007-02-21T19:56:00.000-06:00Jack -My wife and I just watched "The Illusionist"...Jack -<BR/>My wife and I just watched "The Illusionist" and liked it. I read the character of the archduke differently though. Yes he is intelligent, and a dedicated reformer and modernizer. Yet he is also a meglomaniac plotting to take over the throne, and has a reputation of beating and even killing his mistresses. While this latter charge is never really proven in the film, everyone, Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922786452973982414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1170973184952405532007-02-08T16:19:00.000-06:002007-02-08T16:19:00.000-06:00From what I read online about the Ascians in Book ...From what I read online about the Ascians in <I>Book of the New Sun</I>, that's not a fair opinion. They don't just speak in quotes or tags; they communicate using myths exclusively. The viewer does learn that "Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra" is about two great hunters that meet on an island in the middle of a vast ocean, together hunt and kill some mythical beast, and then Darmok leaves alone on jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1170968190059879892007-02-08T14:56:00.000-06:002007-02-08T14:56:00.000-06:00Was that the alien species that speaks in quotes o...Was that the alien species that speaks in quotes or tags, much like the Ascians in Wolfe's Book of the New Sun? I've heard some people opine the idea was stolen from there.<BR/><BR/>Funny reviews, BTW!Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.com